Chapter 42 The Bloodline's Edge

The air felt heavy with anticipation. Kaiza could feel its weight pressing on him, stifling and almost palpable. His fingers closed around the hilt of the blade: the only friend he had from all those struggles and tortures over the course of centuries. He did not know how long he could pretend to be a man again, because the night was closing around his body just as it seemed to close its noose upon his mind as well. Mina was in danger.